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Brooks and Billy Wilson.

Brooks, of the New York Express, referring to the departure, for the South, of Billy Wilson's ruffian regiment, whose motto is plunder and ravishment, says: ‘"We congratulate them upon the near prospect of exchanging the quiet shores of Staten Island for regions within hailing distance of the dominions of Jeff. Davis."’

A man who sends his wife to Paris, and installs a courtesan in her place, in his own house, may well afford to patronize Billy Wilson's regiment, and deserves to be at least a Corporal in it.

The Daily Dispatch: may 20, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. may 20, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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